DISD Board Can’t Decide On Tax Increase to Send to Voters. DISD currently has the third-lowest tax rate among North Texas districts. The state is not great, to put it very kindly, at school funding. On Friday night, the board looked at three proposals: a 13-cent hike; a 2-cent tax swap; and a 6-cent compromise. All failed to get the six-vote supermajority, and in doing so failed students. To be clear: this wasn’t a vote to raise taxes. It was a vote to let Dallas citizens vote to raise taxes. Trustee Audrey Pinkerton, who probably wouldn’t have helped anyway, was a no-show. She was apparently at Yellowstone to get ready to watch the eclipse. Which is today. It’s maybe a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but so is an education.
There Was a Rally Against White Supremacy at City Hall Plaza Saturday Night. More on that later.
Thieves Steal Lamborghini, Lamborghini Catches Fire. Important note: don’t punch above your weight class when boosting a car. You need to take a hard look in the mirror and if what you see is a man (or woman) who is more cut out to steal a Kia Soul, you have to accept it.
There is a Solar Eclipse Today. You may have heard about it.
FC Dallas Continues Skid. After a 2-0 road loss to Sporting Kansas City, your boys are 0-3-1, and have scored only one goal during that stretch. A big Texas Derby match with Houston Dynamo is on Wednesday.
